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Weir, Viscount (UK, 1938)

Creation: let. pat. 25 Jun 1938

Family name: Weir

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Arms:

Azure a Cogwheel Or winged Argent in chief the Sun in Splendour of the second

Crest:

A Wing Argent charge with a Thistle slipped proper

Supporters:

On either side a Winged Horse Argent hoofed and crined Or

Motto:

Forward Towards The Light

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William Douglas [Weir], 1st Baron Weir later 1st Viscount Weir, GCB PC

son of James Weir, of Over Courance, co. Dumfries, by his wife Mary Douglas, dau. of William Douglas, of Kilmarnock

born

12 May 1877

mar.

2 Jun 1904 Alice Blanche MacConnachie (d. 9 Nov 1959), dau. of John MacConnachie, of Glasgow

died

22 Jul 1959

created

26 Jun 1918 Baron Weir, of Eastwood in the County of Renfrew

25 Jun 1938 Viscount Weir

suc. by

son

note

Secretary of State for the Air Force and President of Air Council 1918-19; Privy Councillor 1918; GCB 1934

James Kenneth [Weir], 2nd Viscount Weir, CBE

born

10 Sep 1905

mar. (1)

2 Mar 1929 Dorothy Isabel Lucy Crowdy (d. 12 Feb 1972), only dau. of James Fudge Crowdy MVO, of Ottawa, Canada

mar. (2)

3 Mar 1973 Dorothy Hutton (widow of Edward F Hutton, of New York, USA; d. 23 Jun 2002), dau. of William Yerrington Dear

died

16 Aug 1975

suc. by

son by first wife

William Kenneth James [Weir], 3rd Viscount Weir

born

9 Nov 1933

mar. (1)

25 Apr 1964 (div. 1974) Diana Lucy MacDougall, only dau. of Peter Lewis MacDougall, of Rockcliffe, Ontario, Canada

children by first wife

1. Hon James William Hartland Weir (b. 6 Jun 1965)

1. Hon Lorna Elizabeth Weir (b. 17 May 1967), mar. Mark Paviour, son of Brig Andrew Paviour, and has issue

mar. (2)

6 Nov 1976 (div. 1988) Jacqueline Mary Marr (former wife of Donald Alexander Cameron Marr), 1st dau. of Baron Louis de Chollet, of Fribourg, Switzerland,  by his wife Francis Tate

mar. (3)

24 Nov 1989 Marina Sevastopoulo, dau. of Marc Sevastopoulo, of Fifth Avenue, New York

only child by third wife

2. Hon Andrew Alexander Marc Weir (b. 1989)

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Titles:

3rd Viscount Weir

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 25 Jun 1938)

3rd Baron Weir, of Eastwood in the County of Renfrew

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 26 Jun 1918)

Address:

Rodinghead, Mauchline, Ayrshire KA5 5TR

Tel:  01563 884233

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